According to @alice_und_bob, 2025 is a strong year for institutional crypto adoption even as many Web3 participants feel the space has drifted from its original ethos, a backdrop traders should factor into sector rotation and liquidity mapping, source: @alice_und_bob (X, Oct 17, 2025). The author states institutions are entering to capture share of new market structures, indicating continued development of on-chain market infrastructure that can influence order flow, listings, and execution venues, source: @alice_und_bob (X, Oct 17, 2025). The author highlights demand themes where builders are active—peer-to-peer economies, censorship-resistant social, privacy-first identities, intermediary-free supply chains, and bot-resistant communities—which traders can use to align watchlists and narrative timing, source: @alice_und_bob (X, Oct 17, 2025). The author argues the Web3 shift is embedded in blockchain fundamentals and progressing slower than expected, a timeline consideration for thesis-driven positioning versus short-lived narrative spikes, source: @alice_und_bob (X, Oct 17, 2025). The author emphasizes that crypto’s core value propositions include free choice of money, speech, information, and trade, framing medium-term catalysts around utility-led adoption rather than purely speculative flows, source: @alice_und_bob (X, Oct 17, 2025).